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piaroa language
The PiaroaLanguage is a SalivanLanguage of Venezuela. SIL code: PID. ISO 639-2: sai. Population: 12,000 including 130 Maco (1987 UBS). Population total both countries 12,000. Region: South bank of the Orinoco River, inland from the Paguasa River to Manipiari, Amazonas. Large area. Alternate names: KUAKUA, GUAGUA, QUAQUA. Dialects: MACO (MAKO, ITOTO), PIAROA. Comments: Possibly 50% of the men are bilingual in Maquiritare, Yabarana, or Spanish. 'Ature' (Adole) may be an alternate name. NT 1986. Also spoken in: Colombia. (Language name: PIAROA.) Population: 80 in Colombia (1991 Adelaar). Alternate names: KUAKUA, GUAGUA, QUAQUA. Dialects: MACO (MAKO, ITOTO), PIAROA. Comments: Maco is reported to be a separate language, with speakers of each bilingual in the other. 'Ature' (Adole) may be an alternate name. Investigation needed: intelligibility with Maco. NT 1986.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 salivan languageA SalivanLanguage is either of two closely related languages, spoken in Colombia and Venezuela, forming a distinct family of languages that are unrelated to any others.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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